By Laura Braden Quigley, Director of Communications and Outreach CTIPP CAN and other advocates are encouraged to urge their Representative in the U.S. House to sign onto a bipartisan letter (see full text enclosed*) that supports robust funding for several trauma-mitigating programs in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education FY 2024 Appropriations bill: New Interagency Task Force (authorized by P.L. 115-271) charged with setting a national strategy for a coordinated federal...

This month’s CTIPP CAN call will feature an overview of insights and lessons learned from our new report analyzing 2022 state and federal policy initiatives. Attendees can also reflect and connect around avenues for 2023 and future advocacy. We invite you to arrive at this call ready to engage and share! Wednesday, March 15, 2023 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT REGISTER (free!) In Case You Missed It : Our February CTIPP CAN call featured presentations from Minnie Whalen...

This month's CTIPP CAN call will help demystify meeting with your elected representatives and explain trauma-informed approaches to working with people with learning differences. Minnie Whalen from the Clallam Resilience Project of United Way of Clallam County will present her recent experience developing a relationship with her Congressman, Rep. Kilmer (D-WA), through a meeting with his staff. Minnie hopes to demystify the process of meeting with your representative. Steve Brown from the...

This month’s CTIPP CAN call will help you develop tools to grow our advocacy footprint as we mobilize around the 118th Congress to #TakeOnTrauma . CTIPP's Whitney Marris will present on assessing your strengths for advocacy, and Jen Curt will recap messaging guidance from Iowa ACEs 360 and discuss the art of policy persuasion. Breakout rooms will discuss/share 1) defining successful advocacy, 2) self-assessing your advocacy wins/goals and 3) practicing the crafting of persuasive messaging.

This month’s CTIPP CAN call will feature Erin McDonald from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), presenting on the just-launched Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience Plan . We’ll also have Lisa Cushatt and Sara Welch from Iowa ACEs 360 share their valuable findings on the most effective messaging while advocating for trauma-informed policies and practices. We found their initial findings insightful and actionable,...

This January 2023, U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives will begin a new two-year session, which starts with Congress members setting their policy priorities. We must urge Congress to prioritize addressing trauma and passing bills like the RISE from Trauma Act , which funds trauma-responsive work across the country. Make your voice heard. View and sign the powerful and concise call to action . We need as many people as possible to sign this letter and show support for...

By Miranda Spencer Mad in America December 6, 2022 “Interview” features Q&As with both professionals and users of the mental health system on topics of special interest to parents and families. They are designed to provide a closer look at new research, trends, and people. We often hear that there is a youth mental health crisis and about the roles U.S. schools are playing to ease students’ struggles so they can learn and thrive. (Or not: Our “Editor’s Corner” covered this issue here and...

This month’s CTIPP CAN call will pilot a new tool – Airmeet – to further the movement’s ability to network and connect with other passionate advocates and practitioners. Airmeet enhances our ability to provide more interactive and engaging presentations, breakout sessions, polling, and more. Join us to help test out the new platform’s features and networking capabilities, as well as join important discussions and provide feedback about CTIPP to help us continue to better propel the movement...

The Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) is saddened to announce that our co-founder and counsel Daniel Press passed away yesterday after a long battle with lung cancer. Dan fought hard and never stopped working, despite his declining health. His love and passion for the trauma-informed movement inspired so many lives. He was fiercely dedicated to supporting advocates across the country, working tirelessly to promote healing and resilience. Over 40 years of advocacy and...

Want to build and support empathy in the workplace to help prevent and mitigate trauma on the job? Please join CTIPP’s next Community Action Network (CAN) call (free!) on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT: REGISTER https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 ; +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations The call will feature Katherine Manning , author of The Empathetic Workplace: Five Steps to a...

Please register now at this link to reserve your spot. You’re invited to join fellow PACEs science activists for Building the Movement through Policy and Advocacy , the last of nine remarkable workshops featured in the series, “ Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience ”. Policy and advocacy best practices are among the topics to be covered on Friday, April 28 from 1pm. - 5 p.m. ET; 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. PT. Here is an agenda and our list of subject matter experts who...

The accelerating global climate-ecosystem-biodiversity emergency will increasingly disrupt every aspect of society. It is a "wicked" problem, meaning it results from numerous factors that interact in new and surprising ways to defy standard solutions. The pervasive distresses and traumas it generates are also "wicked" problems: they result from multiple forces that often interact non-linearly and will, over time, impact everyone and every community on earth. No single profession,...

It's free to join, so sign up at this link today! You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement in Activating and Equipping Community Coalitions , the seventh of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience”. This half-day workshop will occur virtually on Friday, April 1 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET. The half-day convening comprises presentations made up of educators and experts from across the country who will...